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On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 03:57:55PM +0100, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: |
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> On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 12:20:39PM +0100, Harald van Dijk wrote: |
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> > iputils doesn't do a make install, and if it did, it would still be |
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> > reasonable if that didn't copy the license, since the users who run that |
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> > themselves don't need it. |
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> I don't really see the big difference (regarding this issue) in |
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> manually installing a package or using Gentoo Portage for installing |
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> it? |
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> Why would people who install it via a script in Gentoo Portage want |
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> the useless files installed - when they wouldn't want them installed |
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> when doing a manual install? |
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Right, end users don't need them, regardless of package manager. But as |
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I mentioned in my previous message, ebuilds are not only for end users. |
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